Education can't make us all leaders, but it can teach us which leader to follow. — Bel Kaufman Education Copy Share Image
Mythology is studied in the school system because most of us come from it. — Bel Kaufman Education Copy Share Image
When giving comes directly from the heart, it can never disappoint or embarrass. — Bel Kaufman Directly Copy Share Image
Love is the ultimate giving, an expression of one's best self. — Bel Kaufman Best self Copy Share Image
People ate bread made of the shells of peas because there was no flour. — Bel Kaufman Bread Copy Share Image
“This is just the first day; you’ll get used to it. The rewards will come later, from the kids themselves–and from the… — Bel Kaufman Child Copy Share Image
Learning is a process of mutual discovery for teacher and pupil. Keep an open mind to their unexpected responses. — Bel Kaufman Discovery Copy Share Image
The preciousness of every moment is emphasized with every tick of the clock. Isn't it a magnificent day today? — Bel Kaufman Clock Copy Share Image
I want to point the way to something that should forever lure them, when the TV set is broken and the movie… — Bel Kaufman Bells Copy Share Image
Children are the true connoisseurs. What’s precious to them has no price, only value. — Bel Kaufman Children Copy Share Image
Education is not a product: mark, diploma, job, money-in that order; it is a process, a never-ending one. — Bel Kaufman Diploma Copy Share Image
One of my students had written wistfully of a dream-school that would have "windows with trees in them. — Bel Kaufman Dream Copy Share Image
And that's it; that's why I want to teach; that's the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the… — Bel Kaufman Children Copy Share Image
“I have this colored friend Betty well, I never thought about it one way or the other until one day I went… — Bel Kaufman First time Copy Share Image
Laughter keeps you healthy. You can survive by seeing the humor in everything. Thumb your nose at sadness; turn the tables on… — Bel Kaufman Angry Copy Share Image
Best marks go to cheaters and memorizers. Marks depend on memorizing and not on real knowledge. When you cram into your head… — Bel Kaufman Cards Copy Share Image
I so enjoy being old because for the first time I don't have to do anything-work, teach, study. I feel very good… — Bel Kaufman Age Copy Share Image
“There is a need for closeness, yet we can’t get too close. The teacher-pupil relationship is a kind of tightrope to be… — Bel Kaufman Closeness Copy Share Image
But if there is such a thing as social commitment in literature, I think it must manifest itself in a reader's awareness… — Bel Kaufman Awareness Copy Share Image
“But I am busiest outside of my teaching classes. Do you know any other business or profession where highly-skilled specialists are required… — Bel Kaufman Career Copy Share Image
If a teacher wants to know something why doesn't she look it up herself instead of making we students do it? We… — Bel Kaufman Benefits Copy Share Image
“Dear Bea— I've been wading through a pile of "Due before 3" mimeos—but now at last I know what to do with… — Bel Kaufman Education reform Copy Share Image
“The building itself is hostile: cracked plaster, broken windows, splintered doors and carved up desks, gloomy corridors, metal stairways, dingy cafeteria (they… — Bel Kaufman Hostile Copy Share Image
The clerical work is par for the course. "Keep on file in numerical order" means throw in wastebasket. You'll soon learn the… — Bel Kaufman Academic Copy Share Image
To the outside world, of course, this job is a cinch: 9 to 3, five days a week, two months' summer vacation… — Bel Kaufman Bidding Copy Share Image
“Extraordinary—that Willowdale Academy and Calvin Coolidge High School should both be institutions of learning! The contrast is stunning. I had a leisurely… — Bel Kaufman Education Copy Share Image
“She hasn't been back since, and we have a young per diem substitute who had taught shoes in a vocational high school… — Bel Kaufman Fashion Copy Share Image
“TO: ALL TEACHERS FROM: JAMES J. MCHABE, ADM. ASST. PLEASE PLOT AND HAND IN THE MEDIAN PERCENTILE CURVE BASED ON THE MIDTERM… — Bel Kaufman Education Copy Share Image
“I am writing this during my free . . . oops! un-assigned period, at the end of my first day of teaching.… — Bel Kaufman Education Copy Share Image
“I'm buried beneath an avalanche of papers, I don't understand the language of the country, and what do I do about a… — Bel Kaufman Books Copy Share Image
“There is a premium on conformity, and on silence. Enthusiasm is frowned upon, since it is likely to be noisy. The Admiral… — Bel Kaufman Education Copy Share Image
... good teachers, like Tolstoy's happy families, are alike everywhere. — Bel Kaufman Education Copy Share Image
I like the word OLD. Not senior, that's for proms. Older? Older than whom? 'Old' is honorable and ripe — Bel Kaufman Honorable Copy Share Image
I had used my sense of humor; I had called it proportion, perspective. But perspective is distance. — Bel Kaufman Comedy Copy Share Image
Never mind the cream; it will always rise to the top. It's the skim milk that needs good teachers. — Bel Kaufman Cream Copy Share Image
A teacher is frequently the only adult in the pupil's environment who treats him with respect. — Bel Kaufman Adults Copy Share Image
“Tm not a teach. I'm a teacher. And I have a name. How would you like it if I called you "Hey,… — Bel Kaufman Education Copy Share Image
